Gary Hooper surprised the visitors as the forward capitalised on an error from 'keeper Simon Mignolet.

The potential banana skin for Liverpool didn't last long as Sterling's deflected shot made it 3-1, before Robert Snodgrass bagged Norwich's second of the day in the final 15 minutes, but the Red's held on.

After his side's 3-2 victory, Rodgers stated: "The most important thing was to get three points and also the performance level.

"We are on 96 goals now and our idea is to get 100 plus - that would be an incredible effort."

Liverpool have now automatically qualified for the Champions League next season, as they cannot finish lower than third, an objective Rodgers says was key for the current campaign.

"The objective at the start of the season was to qualify for the Champions League — that was always going to be an incredible task but now we know we cannot finish lower than third.

"We will go into the next three games looking to perform well. We want to continue to fight and now look to Chelsea next week — where it will be an incredible atmosphere at Anfield."

With just a meagre three games away from winning the Premier League title, the main obstacle to stand in Liverpool's way is their next game, at home to Chelsea.

With the Champions League Semi-Final first leg for Chelsea on Tuesday, and the return game three days after their clash with Liverpool, Mourinho might have to sacrifice his key players for the title run-in.